Kinda hard to hear

These two are missing from the Europe '72 box set, and too bad these songs are here, but are terrible (Boss Man is cut from box set)wish there was a better sounding Casey Jones to fill it in to make it complete---oh well---at least they are here and somebody went through the trouble of posting it---thank you for you effort

"THE DEAD STORM BRITAIN" Melody Maker Magazine

This is a difficult show to score. Both audience sources archived here are extremely poor in sound quality, rendering both transfers virtually unlistenable. Perhaps due to Wembley being a "chilly, cavernous sports facility" this performance is not of the same caliber as many of the subsequent performances. But despite it's rather poor reputation, the music available from vault reel sources is excellent, particularly the jam suite on disk three of the Steppin' Out release.

The first set is unremarkable, with the exception of a well played China/Rider. The second set kicks off with an excellent performance of Truckin' that includes a very nice Garcia solo. After a drum break, it segues into a superb Other One featuring a brief Me and My Uncle Jam and a very nice melodic space segment. The reprise gets quite jazzy and there is some marvelous interplay between Jerry and Keith before the second verse.

Athough quite a few of the following shows on the tour feature more spectacular performances of The Other One, this one is certainly worthy of its inclusion on the official release.
(92 pts*)

*If this performance was released in its entirety from vault reel masters it would garner a score in the mid-nineties!

Not much more.

Thanx SirMick. I appreciate the Flac DLs a whole bunch. This knight makes life better. That being said, this is a tennis match of sounds. Both sides of the net take their tunes with the sound. You get some stellar rough patches, mixed with what 20 years ago would have made a great old recording. Going after Pigpen here, so I echo the fine folks previous. Peace

I agree with Brad that you gotta do what you can to complete the Europe '72 run, even though this is a curiosity at best in terms of sound. However, "Steppin' Out" now captures the highlight of the second set, and David Lemieux has been releasing board versions of several tunes from this show on www.dead.net in the taper's section. Between those and this muddy but listenable copy I have the whole show.

Like I said before, this is absolutely the worst recording I've ever heard. But, in order to complete my Euro '72 collection, I've gotta do what I gotta do. Do your ears a service & wait until a listenable source unearths.